Smtpd doesn't look into /mail/lib/blocked itself (anymore). Ratfs does that. Smtpd looks into /mail/ratify Reference: /n/sources/patch/applied/man-6-smtpd-ratfs Date: Tue Jan 24 17:38:07 CET 2006 --- /sys/man/6/smtpd Tue Jan 24 17:37:50 2006 +++ /sys/man/6/smtpd Tue Jan 24 17:37:44 2006 @@ -206,9 +206,12 @@ .SS Blocked Addresses When .B /mail/lib/blocked -exists and is readable, +exists and is readable, and if +.IR ratfs (4) +is running, .I smtpd -reads a list of banned addresses from it. +looks for banned addresses in +.B /mail/ratify. Messages received from these addresses are rejected with a 5\fIxx\fP-series SMTP error code. There is no option @@ -303,4 +306,5 @@ to exposed systems. .SH "SEE ALSO" .IR mail (1), +.IR ratfs (4), .IR scanmail (8)